title: Response of diazotrophic cyanobacterium Nostoc carneum under pesticide and UV-B stress.
abstract: A study was under taken, under controlled laboratory conditions, to investigate the influence of non-ionizing radiation (UV-B) and an organochlorine pesticide on the growth, photosynthetic pigments, protein content and DCPIP photoreduction of a cyanobacterium Nostoc carneum. Test algae was isolated from rice field soils of Sambalpur, Western Orissa, India and grown in nitrogen free BG 11 culture medium. Culture of algae from log phase of growth was treated with 5 pp m of the insecticide, Endodhan and UV-B (20 mW m(-2)) for 2h daily, separately and in combination of insecticide and UV-B radiation. Algal samples treated with UV-B and pesticide separately showed distinct inhibitory effects on growth, pigments, protein content and DCPIP reduction of the test samples. However, when pesticide treated samples were subjected to UV-B exposure, the effect showed additive as well as synergetic effect. Experiment conducted to check the ability of the organism to recover from the stress, exposed for various time periods, suggest their ability to partially recover from the stress.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar 768 019, Sambalpur, Orissa, India. bioshantanu@gmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Choudhury
mesh_terms: D004579:Electron Transport / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D004726:Endosulfan / Q000633:toxicity*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D046937:Nostoc / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D004726:Endosulfan